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union except a fmtll balance that was due to her continental line thofe debts have amounted to feveral mil lions some part is already paid there is a large balance rosining from the public accounts it would appear that in the years 1782 and 1783 north-carolina had paid no thing towards the fpecie requifitions while south-carolina had paid her quota but this is a difference only in appearan for the ftate laft mention ed has a fpecie credit for all fupplies furnifhed the army from the begin ning of 1782 while north carolina that furnifhed large fupplics ftands without any credit becauic fhe has not brought up her accounts for feveral years north-caroli ns been opprefled by diicharging the f bts he had afliimed to her contine tal line and fome others of her drills 5 but hie has lately begun to nv jsrffesaal payments into the nati ry oa tiifi jao-i^r itjljj i jwl , n v.j^wiano dol'ari in ipecie j and live are told that fhe has another large pay ment ready to be made it is true that paper money has been iflued in that ftate and it was made a legal ten der but it is alfo true that the general fenfe of the people is not in favour of fraudulent payments â€” on the contrary it is common for juries in actions of debt to confider the depreciation and affefs damages accordingly has the virtue of their citizens done the fame thing in other ftate where bad mo ney is a legal tender ? bat north carolina has not adapted the newcon ftitution and thcref<fre it ij alledged that fhe is anti-fedeml anttan ene my to good government tlis is the laft charge and like the reft it is worfe founded than people are apt to believe it is now gencrel.ty agreed that the new conftitutiob witk admit of fome amendments -, they hj been pointed out it will alfc 41xm of fe veral explanations or alteulidns by which it may be rendered fcwta better fyftem but a fafer one yainft the machinations of wicked mel some of thofe explanations wilytoubtlefs be made by the gcneraiaoncur rence of the ftates becaumhey ob viate powers which no mai^an ad vocate but north-carolines pro 0 pofed one amendment marked no 7 which others of the ftates may not be difpofed to make and yet experience has taught heras well as virginia that luch amendment is extremely proper the ftate wifhes to fee the alterations made hhich fhe has pointed out and for this very reafon fhe wifhes to fee the new government commence jf eight ftates only had confederated when the convention of north-caro lina fat perhaps they ought to have made the ninth but ten ftates had con federated confequently the general fyf tem was fecurc the paufe that north-carolina has made qan occafion no delay in the ne ceflary meafures and no ftate except herfelf can be injured by it we are told indeed that fhe ought to have adopted the new fyftem that fo fhe might have adifted in making the pro pofed amendments but fhe replies that if other ftates i ftjuu*Â£j c 9 Â£'***& and pro:-ita die alterations they can do it in a fhorttimc without her affiftaace ; but if they are didembling if they are a bout to drop the fpirit of accommoda tion and to hold by majorities what they have gained by accident fhe is fafeft where fheftands a caurfous politician has little faith let us at tend to the convention on the ad of auguft it was thus determined " whereas this convention has tho't proper neither to ratify nor reject the conftitution propofed for the govern ment of the united states ; and as congrefs will proceed to acl under the faid conftitution ten ftates having ra tified the fame and probably lay an impoft on goods imported into tlie faid ratifying ftates ; refolved that it be recommended to the legiflature of this ftate that whenever congrefs fhall pafs a law for collecting an impoft in the ftates aforefaid this ftate enaa a law for collecting a fimilar impoft on goods imported into this ftate and ap propriate the money arifing therefrom to the ufe of congrefs it was alfo on the fame day " refolved unani moufly that it be recommended to the general affembly to take effectual meafures for the redemption of the paper currency as fpcedily as may be confiftent with the fituation and mm m'iscellany from the new york daily advertifer irin he ftate of north-carolina by x not adopting the new conftitu iion is lately become the fubjed of s4*kh criticifm and cenfure in this inftance having done what is fuppofed to be wrong it is hardly admitted that evej lie did any thing that was right atfe are told that during the war her exertions were but trifling â€” that fhe bad never contributed to the national expence and that flie now refufes to confederate from a defire to promote the fraudulent tender of paper money rharges againft the unpopular are lifually liftened to with avidity but i happily none of their charges arc well munded however current they are in circulation during the whole of the . tc war whenever the neighbouring ftates :^ invaded north-caroltoa was fatc^tul^ia hem a(c(l^iu:e ijfee have feen in the courfc of one cam paigne fix or feven thoufand men of the north-carolina militia in one of the neighbouring ftates or on their gjarch to its relief j and he now counts tnree or four thoufand of her citizens who fell a facrifice in georgia or south-carolina to their zeal for the welfare of the union we fay no thing of her continental line nor of tjjpfe who fell within the ftate while the enemy pervaded every part of it â€” is it probable that fuch armies could befupported without money ? surely r^t.^-but north-carolina has uni formly paid and fupported her own militia though they were in the con tinental fcrvice and fhe has furnifhed provifions to a confiderable part of the continental troops in the fouthern ar mies who has paid for the vaft i tores that have been confumed by fuch bodies of armed men ? in other hates cc^nmiflioners have been appointed to fettle the claims of individuals againfl f e united states and certificates for any a million have been iffued by tfe commiffioners ; but no fuch of vjrs have had occafion to fettle ac nts in north-carolina becaufe the ft has taken upon itfelf all the debts f were due to her citizens by the 1 w e d n e s d a y november 5 1788 m l ' l the numb 3j } wilmington centinel â– and general advertiser

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union except a fmtll balance that was due to her continental line thofe debts have amounted to feveral mil lions some part is already paid there is a large balance rosining from the public accounts it would appear that in the years 1782 and 1783 north-carolina had paid no thing towards the fpecie requifitions while south-carolina had paid her quota but this is a difference only in appearan for the ftate laft mention ed has a fpecie credit for all fupplies furnifhed the army from the begin ning of 1782 while north carolina that furnifhed large fupplics ftands without any credit becauic fhe has not brought up her accounts for feveral years north-caroli ns been opprefled by diicharging the f bts he had afliimed to her contine tal line and fome others of her drills 5 but hie has lately begun to nv jsrffesaal payments into the nati ry oa tiifi jao-i^r itjljj i jwl , n v.j^wiano dol'ari in ipecie j and live are told that fhe has another large pay ment ready to be made it is true that paper money has been iflued in that ftate and it was made a legal ten der but it is alfo true that the general fenfe of the people is not in favour of fraudulent payments â€” on the contrary it is common for juries in actions of debt to confider the depreciation and affefs damages accordingly has the virtue of their citizens done the fame thing in other ftate where bad mo ney is a legal tender ? bat north carolina has not adapted the newcon ftitution and thcref